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“All on my own. I was in love with that phrase. I wasn't very good at asking for help, a bad habit I inherited from my father.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“His face twisted through several contradictory emotions and he said, "For fuck's sake Andrew. Is there anything in this scenario that feels heterosexual or well-adjusted to you?”
― Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

“The appeal was obvious. Eddie might have been fond of Riley, talked gothic bullshit with him and got drunk on cheap beer, but now Andrew understood where the hook had sunk in because it pierced straight through the meat of his cheek, too. He wanted to race Halse again, and that was a strange sensation: want. He also wanted to break his knuckles on Halse’s jaw.”
― Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

“Well... the thing is... I don't actually think I care about English literature. I don't want to do it at university."

Aled looked startled. "Don't you?"

"I'm not sure I want to go at all."

"But... that was -That was what you cared about more than anything."

"Only because I thought I had to." I said. "And because I was good at it. I thought that was the only was I was going to have a good life. But... that's wrong.”
― Alice Oseman, Radio Silence